For Adults
Love Lane by Patrick Gale is the final book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club—a searing portrayal of escape and entrapment, and a powerful exploration of what home and family can really be.
You can listen to the live interview with Patrick on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 7 April.
We have the chance for you to win a set of 10 copies of this novel for your book club. To apply, click on the survey link below. UK residents only, deadline for entries 22 April 2026.
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Love Lane
1950s Northern England. Three generations of men, two of women.
When veteran Canadian wheat farmer, Harry Cane is brutally obliged to sell up and sail home to an England transformed by two world wars, his arrival triggers unwelcome self examination for the family he abandoned, and for whom he has never been more than a distant myth.
His daughter feels duty bound to take him in but is riven with doubt and ambushed by a long-buried anger she has never before expressed. Harry’s effect on the next generation is less predictable, and enables his granddaughter to deal with an unspeakable trauma, while her gentle husband feels seen for who he truly is. Can Harry stay and make a new life before it’s too late, or will he find himself cast out again, punished for having witnessed and understood too much?
How to apply
To apply, fill in this survey by 22 April.
